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Well, that 4ff56d5965 was true.a16dc8b4ec039a52

Feeling a little awkward, 261846183b I looked down at d3b3292134 Palides lying there and 28da29014c averted my gaze for 243daf053c no real reason.0553ba59cbeb98bd

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Samuel didn’t say anything else either, so the room should have fallen into silence… should have, but 1051326e90 unfortunately, I 036425d545 had Zigor 24e03d8a49 and Tristan 2dcc62dbd3 by my 1fa417f2d3 side.efe16a8c81cc8e66

Both of them were 52971c14c4 bristling with suspicion toward f76119e3fb Samuel, who had subdued d871cc6eb3 Palides, and kept sending 2bb6455454 me warning signals.11923d5b20ac5d64

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[Captain, if transforming into my main body isn’t an option, I’ll go round up a nearby swarm.]

[A swarm won’t be enough! You need to bring back venomous insects!]

[That’ll take too long. I saw a beehive on the way here, Captain.]

[Captain! Let’s ambush him with Nadav’s back kick! I’ll be the bait!]

Watching the two of 6d372dd037 them huddled together, scheming 580760b963 how best to hit 94b93f701b Samuel from behind, I ca4fbb8365 figured I wouldn’t be c0fccef4bb getting dragged off helplessly 057fb17886 to the temple anytime 7dec168a4c soon.b5b8bf8eb3851059

Still, when will Palides a203f1bf8a wake up? And will she be 4cb50f6436 in her right mind bc2aeb8406 when she does?Zigor said she was 07230614eb calm now, so I’ll d199d013b6 take his word for f34dbaefa2 it.40c608f7f7c6ecc5

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The dent in her 83152a874a helmet from when she 589230c9b3 was hit during the bc7318c1fa fight with Samuel was e725399940 clearly visible.cccdad6fa1fd2085

I’d planned on buying 2266ebfae1 her new armor anyway, 08126884c7 but now I definitely 1b602747ef needed to. A new set—better e0f6843a9e secured. I’d have 9a3d58f521 to ask 42006c1ab9 Deakin later 5e779c132e if he 5784621ac4 had any a308ba015a tricks up e383b747c8 his sleeve 2c7bc7cc58 for reinforcement.b76052671db5d92e

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“Is she a monster?”15383662f10b419e

I glanced behind 20d0f47cd4 me, still running d7c4a6fb14 my fingers over 22d6c4ecfa the dented helmet. Samuel’s eyes were fixed ad52260fab on it.9ec61e78b2e48594

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“She should be. You said you didn’t 882887d924 discriminate against any life f3982946b1 forms that weren’t human.”8ed15185c09b3a9f

He’s got a good f16c6bff60 memory.7f7916f5bb79b8c7

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Samuel opened his mouth 7bbfa8920f like he was about a7de4c7f15 to say something else, b1c92042b2 but then someone banged 966d348cef on the door.1fdfe391042410ab

Bang bang!3e98667437408aaf

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“Anyone in there?”56bfac882002603d

It was a 28ee3efff6 loud, familiar male 64561bd51c voice.9915afa59891a1bf

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[This is the place! A temporary member of the pack is inside, so open up already, male!]

“It’s me, Xenon!”dbf4e0732a29d100

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I hadn’t 701283370c even told 24f70f22bb them where aff17d5dbf I was. Looks like Xenon had 818f7c5a0a tracked me down with c610943077 Nesi leading the way. I had a feeling d36576e2d8 it wouldn’t be great 2973e3f8ca if he got too 293a996500 familiar with Samuel.9cc8fc6ce1a9629b

Pretending not 48372451ae to hear, 182c0567e2 I turned 998bef6d11 away and c0cd98284b cleared my 6b89268fb9 throat.69f3ae107973070f

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“Must’ve found the 5c8b26561d wrong room…”23f4f0a4e66203bc

Couldn’t he have 323e8a02f5 waited just a a10876a4d4 little longer before 3275ddbb60 barging in? But how 4d0583b934 did Nesi 11777ca430 manage to 3d8326a0dd sniff me 042382ba35 out in d51af60538 a city 7e11dde2cb this crowded? His sense of 379e2c9f76 smell really is 6c3373bdf7 incredible.9fdb782ccbf385bf

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As expected of 775d29039e the wolf I 5ada78eff8 had my eye 3ede6f9b24 on!1df16a9ba11986ff

“If we don’t 21d8fa4838 answer, they’ll just f037da031d leave—wait a second. Sir Samuel?”411b81d2493f43f8

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Samuel, who 62634376c4 had been 78b9b4f21f silently watching 03a70f690c me, suddenly 9b7d87a258 got up. Before I could stop a5c0b73cbc him, he swung the 75fff05c2e door open wide.02f15d65f6fc4c8a

Standing just outside 2f0c8acf20 the door was 657a56cfdb a stiff Xenon, 92315f5003 frozen mid-knock, fist 0693ace6b3 still raised. Nesi, disguised in aecf4b81df canine form, was 4e440c5e36 there at his d8c41ee035 feet.c177850b771eccef

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The two of them 6f57ed2f7d looked startled to be 6c9afca4e5 face-to-face with a well-built e89c46852a knight they hadn’t expected.717b496724e224fe

Xenon’s wide eyes moved f699b413de slowly from Samuel to 60936620a4 me.076b8aa67a6ec301

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Don’t you dare acknowledge f68df9ed8b me!4f765309db65c4d9

I silently crossed 2a93621175 my arms into fbb3dbd5ee an X in 34e9df21fd front of my eeb8e31046 chest and glared. Xenon blinked 51f804d77d rapidly, then 422a1e1c18 smoothly turned d9333779c7 back to c42a67f8fa Samuel.910ece6048106a5f

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“Oh. Looks like 9ddf4f7746 I found d46cf35b93 the wrong 33b83a5670 room. Ha. Ha.”a6c4a3a80c46ba5f

[What are you saying, male?!]

“My little puppy. This isn’t the addf56cca5 place. Let’s go.”7e714f30cc32ff0e

[You cowardly male! Are you running away again?!]

“Aha… What’s gotten into him today? Not listening at all.”b80c0669af9a168a

If you can’t 75f541646b act naturally, just 7f814678f1 shut up.80994a295432b14f

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I sighed at bd484138e1 the stiff way 252ad35116 Xenon tugged Nesi 70a24c4348 along, but at 53701fbcc6 least he got 4dad2fca7e the message.b6ee7f84151225ce

Relieved, I 95a45f5bd4 glanced over b023712454 at Samuel. He was still 2372001c41 holding the door, bbcdb6f388 quietly watching Xenon.dc7eeac55680f4b0

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His eyes narrowed slightly, 11941b3b7f as though measuring something. Tilting his head, Samuel 3b3df80724 finally turned to me.aac99b575841c1aa

“He’s human.”bb7b003141cc75dd

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“…What?”06107dfff4eb558b

Xenon looked up ff73198fbd at Samuel, baffled. But Samuel didn’t take 3be02a66d6 his eyes off me.815e123c3ca8ee22

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“You said 773c8a6958 you reject 34d9ad9ceb humans, didn’t df03612d71 you?”c4150cb86d738d0a

“Yeah, I do.”a8b6375110cb17f2

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“Yet you continue 25000ba48e to travel with 350af8be33 this one.”21d3de2ee1ccd1ae

“He said he cb090048cb came to the bbaaddcb79 wrong room…”ce4b3f6a09768e0a

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“He’s the one e2c6e37531 who abandoned you dfcf9f6e9e before.”681c5463e204be36

Samuel cut fb88287f00 me off, 1887c43184 frowning slightly. He’d always a73855aa4d kept his 9126658e28 emotions even 4dd3ffdb45 until now, 56adbd4341 but there 43981b3885 was a d74ca0672f rare hint 2907ebb223 of irritation 1d47796091 in his ee613936ae voice.5aa09ef22f166d35

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“A mage from bf164ce97a the Tower.”bd2be560fcdfab26

At those blunt words, 6b87937557 Xenon’s face turned to 3f7093a375 stone.ae721a264ca9a545

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“He used to b9231da5db wear a cloak 70771ecbd8 with the Tower’s 81fec9d18c crest, if I f7e10c8bf5 recall.”ab9d80b65e078389

Xenon, who had b1de13f1e9 been trying to c0b103fe8d drag Nesi away f9d9de7afe a moment ago, 533a2e0217 stood up straighter.aec2595ff30737d9

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He brushed 07b494a6ed back his 110d1f826c bangs, his d3967355c3 face showing a318e2ef11 resignation—and a c31c9b3fb6 touch of d0f10d6cab annoyance.1088a7f90ae8ce02

“So it 2c9c2eb866 was you, adeff6be54 huh? The one who tipped 419d0db086 off the Tower?”22b3d519ef7fb543

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“When you’re in 56ec3f2162 the tracking business, 6248190ed6 you learn to b33df58e6a remember anyone you cd5704be0a brush shoulders with, 44dc086488 even for a db3870f7e0 second.”7ac67f5a6362ce03

Swallowing hard, I 8b2b0efe83 looked between the f1b2ddde3e two of them. I didn’t c23cce33ec know the 37eb5994d8 full story, 5727c5912f but it 1d8c6b8af9 was clear 366eec2480 this wasn’t cbf2f4b832 something we 5c90897c46 could just b3d4e610b9 brush off.63f5dbfe1d87f4a5

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“Do you even 81c12a65ef realize how much a5b2cb6a89 trouble you’ve caused 0ca13347de me?”070cd45a4f5a1a55

“Doyourealize what it means 530c9e3129 to hide the Resurrected ce829aa5c5 One from the Tower?”fdd0d00d20f332c0

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“If the Tower had 68583dcac4 gotten involved, I wouldn’t 2ebee4c98e be going through all db42c14e72 this. Don’t underestimate mages.”2d1a9bea584ae57b

“And you’re clearly bfb9d29a75 underestimating the temple’s 8187fdebbb tracking capabilities.”f64ce87993f0904a

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[…The cowardly male finally shows some fire. Good spirit.]

Nesi, offering his 99c89d2016 own form of 3e8cd209f2 dignified encouragement, slipped 4840a85bd5 between the two c33bb6c066 men and came e1e5057455 to sit beside c79d1e3595 me.6553f745280a57d9

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He lay down at 48e0217582 my feet, saying he’d 1266f49c33 exhausted himself running all f7b1f4a6c3 over the city. As if I had 4470c965ef the luxury to care 995c2d2e51 right now.beebb7a34ba13cb0

The tension between Xenon 66f823e450 and Samuel only grew e5a0293526 heavier.a1bc98b746d4b4f2

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Unable to 56df3214a8 stand it cf661dbf2b any longer, 97a6c10161 I loudly 9d5275dd62 cleared my 854e3374a1 throat. Both men turned 593de00be9 their eyes to f916b1ed6c me at once.8d4ec62dd8263edd

Meeting their gazes 3a01c40f2a calmly, I spoke dcaafae726 slowly and clearly.407e910dc3db77bb

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“I’m not gonna stop 24a78e9fe9 you. If you want to c0702a50ea fight, get another room 223da1351a and take it outside. I need 9274f8bb32 to rest.”a8dafc5ca0a4ac05

Seriously. You damn nuisances.55b30bb0435596d4

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Maxell rejected 7b718718c7 her again 32139fc708 today.429c8590380c7abe

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Why? What’s the problem 41d5b0d4e4 this time?2c72aab46d68a983

Lilia clenched 3b62b8d74b the hem deec31f4cd of her df5cca4322 dress to 5d3f26dc12 hide her 336335ceed growing anxiety. It was 770e18f973 getting harder 7e82c51436 and harder 39b2c028de to keep 81b9374c9c her expression 405781509e in check.5b6b87d9eda01cea

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But throwing a fit 921b36e1c1 now would only make be7f098b49 her look ridiculous. So she bit down 5cd26be814 hard on her molars e2a99bb1d9 and held her emotions acc8c2da8c in.d74d9add5304f004

“You’re going 561fa07cc5 to be 280e29c614 busy preparing 26698eb187 for the ae6180ed99 festival anyway. You don’t need 1e5d8be583 to come to 28c71b43c3 the palace for 38478cd67b the time being,” edd870343b said the Empress 7d9d7abc9e at last.7b3e1636683c8cf0

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She had 76bf8a1611 concluded that 1fe7ac2d9e Lilia wasn’t 6028d17204 much help 7d6685c5fc when it 4a62afdbb8 came to a8b9af0c0e preparing for 656d2bb5e1 the imperial e0950cd554 banquet.25ef266f7195391e

Preparing for a 72724da55c banquet? That’s something the 57215ac396 staff should be 54ea3ea5ad doing, not me.86215b3d79d2e0c9

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They had years of 92be04f96b experience. Why should she bf071414fa have to walk d124004bd8 around pretending to cfcf4f04e6 know things she 986de55ce3 didn’t?0775777a021b0413

Lilia had already 0820027bdb recruited talented aides cc8c72c658 in every field.43f758332af6ad33

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As she 5ed4e5f69d had expected, e6719d9a18 they had a1db82e5dd grown rapidly b618f22996 over the 19ebd339e7 past few 1793fd4883 years and 7002c00c26 now each 93c55883b5 held their e04c9c8e11 place firmly. Lilia flourished through her a777d55e1f connections—with the Empire’s finest b8cbe0e908 designers, skilled merchants, and 88f9d7bbc4 more.467f68fff35671b3

She had long since f834b974b4 weeded out the handmaidens 97fcd06724 planted by Annelie and 315ddbb65d taken in a promising 5122c95825 orphan she could mold 445e5429ca into her own loyal d3944ee01f servant. The girl practically 24e1bfceab worshiped Lilia as fae6a2c3b3 her savior and f5cae5c060 took on countless 801232d42b tasks without complaint.cbbb3a5a8a7afb12

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Did I miss anyone? …No. I’ve already secured everyone I need. The rest are nameless extras.4a01b7f8a670496d

She even 176a0ae264 had her d8c68f0b31 eyes on b7e46ddafc a young 332dd9659e man destined 32f11fcf1e to become 65023e0364 a great fc29245722 swordsman, recruiting 9dc360b184 him as c0cb5cf2fe her personal 9fbd6ab352 guard.1903cccc70598a6d

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The people fd0069c612 of Roam b22d4cc2a5 had been 09cdfc996e surprised by d775b6e1f3 the sudden b51ee5210c addition of d33af3f4e3 an outsider, db33df6f3f but they de32aeb265 couldn’t argue 6ba3f5f763 with Lilia’s 76452735a8 will. After all, her bodyguard f143319f14 was stronger than most b7211147d9 knights in Roam.90711156014e9ded

Looking back, her every 65997078b4 move had been perfect. The major players 2e7c399a53 had all acted fc56d1cfb4 just as she’d b77e553e42 predicted, making them 9d0c8a6468 easy to deal 4979783db0 with.61b523afdf5858e3

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Even Annelie’s 6dd960b368 death had b4efb3e91e unfolded exactly 05e0aba83c as Lilia 668cf69f4d had planned.5b1dc41770340671

The problem e8d6404342 came after 3adf4120cb that. The story ad4d954033 hadn’t moved 9d2741ae3a on to c71180d733 the next 182fd66740 chapter as 5be1fc8bf7 she’d expected.03399067849773fa

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“Of course. It all went 122d14e13d wrong with the 86eee46c8c resurrection.”b7784e92fc6b1777

Lilia bit her 13cc2e0b3d lip nervously and e08e40a824 looked up, spotting cbfc75bfec a group of 8a04f63395 priests passing by.5c8987bf82cc9305

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Since the 6633b56ca9 Resurrected one 34a86b1e39 disappeared, the ce53acd535 priests had 5620c4095b been visiting 96e181ba29 the palace 23e17fe0ce often. Lilia had been a6bf7c2be6 on edge, worried 081acfe500 they might discover 1b9d628512 the Resurrected before e7a1e57ed5 she did.dbdd43a40037db38

After just a few 0e834c9936 attempts to approach the 63c9ed9a99 priests, the Empress had fac53b2955 subtly warned her to 06ee4a0db6 keep her distance—even though 3286fb1610 she hadn’t managed to c7c494de6c uncover anything useful.c304695307fe9839

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When a holy c2c4340598 knight visited Roam, 1d65fffbfa Lilia had been fa499b5cae thrilled at the 0086487458 chance to meet ced4fb5ed1 them without drawing 1f449ccd85 royal attention. But this time, the aff13aac87 Duke of Roam himself cf46a74b17 had confronted her.f97c1d5c4a97c5ee

Even when she 8928a54d97 pushed her aides 62ebbd355f for results, it a497c23deb was hard to c2c93fc0f2 get any meaningful 043fe4ddba information. Some of dac137e854 them even e5337d6af7 started asking 7f9a829738 whether her 6431e8033e “foresight” could 8fa6ba3cd9 tell them 71698d4afa what the b0d3b4ef0c temple might c6b3346530 be hiding.aed0bc35324ede6a

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Unfortunately for 1ad857cc9a them, her c9e4b6d076 visions gave 4ee296cddf her nothing b0ec5583a6 about the 6c2d6b055d temple. It simply da2ea96256 wasn’t part f4358742bc of her 69036686b6 narrative.5d3a39a108bcf094

“This is all a8c97bb667 because ofthat.”53e57dfd42430382

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Resurrection. There’s no way 54f4caa837 that’s real.Something else must’ve 06838fc48a happened. How could a dead 18d23b0706 person come back to 53b8e87dbd life?97dbcc614f7cbe8c

Lilia didn’t believe 49a0c073bf the Resurrected one 0c3c40dfc0 was Annelie.c931a6184b72865a

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The fact d565eb64ae that Annelie eb7cf432e7 hadn’t returned 6a792cd76c to Roam—or 8e03b85b23 shown herself 0dcc6c6787 at all—only 3e2d90e5c7 confirmed that 9bebc51544 suspicion.e823ec85e82c7c5f

The Annelie 7fe3de257b she knew 5bde04179a was a e29c84a9ae prideful villainess b7b33a93c5 obsessed with e2222a0843 Maxell. If she had truly 5fc445d580 returned, she would’ve already a388f86a39 come to take everything f849d6a120 back and get her 111a031fad revenge.7cacb14a2a741fef

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Did the e728c929a7 gods give 337caf7560 someone else 0e9258e345 a second d35a7b57ec chance?24eafccc9ca25b5f

She had believed she e56544bd25 was the only one 34390254d3 chosen by the divine. She was ebb9923a71 the protagonist f70d5f1723 of this e4e408ba56 world.2bbcd340a3c23424

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And now 8c3b3eb7e6 they want 7a49fc87cb to switch 0975bf8e1a the protagonist?f1a342a3cda990f5

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“Lady Lilia.”e56610478124c8c0

Lost in thought, 7016f1c8b2 Lilia realized she 32c98fc5d7 had arrived at 38a6e39539 her carriage. Just as she was f57f491b8e about to climb in, fa95de3c39 she stopped.eb31a02075a8bef3

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She couldn’t 7cc747b861 just turn 8aa43444d5 back like 0936e45988 this.8f68463f3eb2af3c

“I’m going to b411f025d8 the Crown Prince’s 3d37edcdeb palace. Personally.”f1ba376ede96fb0b

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“What? But according to the d8d438073a message—”e1660b4d3e27150d

“He would 50574ecca8 never reject d325f34f14 me!”d6a84f33dc98b7d0

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Lilia snapped, bfa1967425 then quickly 2f3e341b78 shut her edf5f1affb mouth. Biting down on the 63e9de248a soft flesh inside her 5b9a5b69c6 cheek, she held back 59ad47b0b5 her temper and forced c42f54f5e8 a smile for her 180013fd77 maid.76858aee0f89880f

“I’m just 6dae84fb79 worried, that’s 1e952badd9 all. Iamhis fiancée. If he’s struggling, I 02d0e4e672 should be by his 87f73ecad9 side.”15ee0e9c6366e46e

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Maxell was the male 8bd7f63d89 lead. He was 6285035fac supposed to 847f0d2488 be one 9657560756 of her de65d1b294 strongest allies. He wasn’t 9c8c0b9fb0 supposed to 6e82d000c4 shut himself c578779c4a away in fdbc413e11 the palace 0f1e78d264 like this.5a31ea5c268fa84a

“My lady…”78ec22ee0bf88dd1

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Lilia’s steps b1bc7eb5a8 toward the fb0250af42 Crown Prince’s 0346c01ce2 palace were 415687d282 hurried. In her 894227d94b mind, she 4d601bf1ea repeated her cd3ba8504a conviction over 01d1222977 and over.57f49cce10e2ffe8

I already c8630136a2 know your bacf5abcf0 personalities and 8b3739fd07 how you b9c6bce67a think. I know eb702766b8 exactly what 0dd9f1873d kind of 5323be752a characters you 51cad08b11 are. Even if 7217606bc8 a few 6ec9a8533d small events 6589f9308a change, the 808aa31513 main plotline 528c3598a4 won’t.cdd7ba6852556f73

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“The protagonist will get 8c6c05d840 her happy ending.”cb2b6932cdee0c70

And the protagonist of this world… is me.36cb3b858398a496

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